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14th Annual Texas Commodity Symposium
12/03/2014 @ 9:30 am - 1:00 pm
The fourteenth annual Texas Commodity Symposium will be held Wednesday, Dec. 3, in Amarillo in conjunction with the Amarillo Farm and Ranch Show in the Grand Plaza Room at the Amarillo Civic Center. The free event will begin at 9:30 a.m. and will include lunch.
The symposium, which is hosted by the Corn Producers Association of Texas, Plains Cotton Growers, Inc.,Texas Grain Sorghum Association, Texas Peanut Producers Board and Texas Wheat Producers Association, will conclude with the annual Ag Appreciation Luncheon, presented by the symposium and the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce Ag Council.
Texas Country Reporter’s Bob Phillips will present the symposium’s keynote address during the Ag Appreciation Luncheon. Texas Country Reporter is a highly-acclaimed TV program that celebrates the history, emotion and beauty that make Texas and Texans so unique. Since 1972, Bob Phillips has traveled the back roads of the Lone Star State and shared the stories of real Texans.
Additionally, the symposium will examine a variety of issues that impact producers and the agribusiness sector. Featured topics this year include the farm bill implementation, a political outlook for the state, and program updates from NRCS and FSA.
The event is made free of charge for attendees because of the generous support of the symposium’s sponsors, including ArmTech Insurance Services, Bayer CropScience, BNSF Railway, Capital Farm Credit, DuPont Pioneer, High Plains Journal, Monsanto, National Peanut Board, and Syngenta.